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<br /> Created: 2024-07-18 07:35:45 [EST]
<br />(Supp. No. 21, Update 3)
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<br />Retaining wall means a structure designed to hold back and prevent lateral movement of earth. Two or more
<br />abutting boulders, 24 inches in diameter or greater, placed to hold back the earth are considered to be a retaining
<br />wall. Landscape edging, less than six inches tall, is not considered a retaining wall.
<br />Riding academy means a building, structure or other facility which is used for the instruction and training in
<br />the care and handling of horses, mules, donkeys or ponies for a fee or other valuable consideration.
<br />Shelter, fallout or blast, means a structure or portion of a structure intended to provide protection to human
<br />life during periods of danger to human life from nuclear fallout, blasts, air raids, storms or other emergencies.
<br />Sign means any written announcement, declaration, demonstration, display, illustration, insignia or
<br />illumination used to advertise or promote the interest of any person when displayed or placed outside in view of
<br />the general public, and shall include every detached sign.
<br />Sign, advertising (billboard), means a sign which directs attention to a business, community service or
<br />entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such sign is located or to which it is affixed.
<br />Sign, business, means a sign which directs attention to a business or profession conducted or to a
<br />commodity, service or entertainment sold or offered on the premises on which such sign is located or to which it is
<br />affixed.
<br />Sign, business, temporary, means a sign permitted for a limited period of time used to advertise or promote
<br />the interests of a single- or multi-use commercial or industrial use. A temporary sign may be attached to a principal
<br />structure or detached. Such signage shall include mobile/message board signs, banners and balloons that meet all
<br />applicable federal and state standards.
<br />Sign, flashing, means an illuminated sign on which the artificial light is not maintained stationary or constant
<br />in intensity and color at all times in which such sign is in use.
<br />Sign, gross area of, means the area within the frame, which shall be used to calculate the square feet; except
<br />that the width of the frame exceeding 12 inches shall constitute advertising space; or should such letters or
<br />graphics be mounted directly on a wall or fascia or in any such way as to be without a frame, the dimensions for
<br />calculating the square footage shall be the area extended six inches beyond the periphery formed around such
<br />letters or graphics bounded by straight lines connecting the outermost points; and each surface utilized to display
<br />a message or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign.
<br />Sign, illuminated, means any sign which has characters, letters, figures, designs or outline illuminated by
<br />electric lights or luminous tubes as a part of the sign proper.
<br />Sign, nameplate, means any sign which states the name or address or both of the business or occupant of
<br />the lot where the sign is placed or may be a directory listing the names, addresses and business of occupants.
<br />Sports and health facility means a facility where members or nonmembers pay a fee to use equipment or
<br />space for the purpose of physical exercise or training. A sports and health facility may include aerobics, weight
<br />training, muscular exercise programs, yoga, Pilates, court games, jogging, or other similar activities. It may provide
<br />as an accessory use personal services to patrons, including but not limited to therapeutic massage, tanning,
<br />saunas, and whirlpools.
<br />Stable or barn, private, means a building or structure used or intended to be used for the keeping of hoofed
<br />animals belonging to the occupant of the property, and kept for noncommercial purposes.
<br />Stable or barn, public, means a building or structure used or intended to be used for housing of horses,
<br />mules, donkeys or ponies which are owned by those other than the occupant of the property, where animals may
<br />be rented for a fee for riding purposes or where riding lessons may be provided.
<br />Stock farm means a parcel of land comprising an area of ten acres or more that is used to house and feed any
<br />number of farm animals when such farm animals are kept for profit.
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